GATSBY CONTEXT

1920'S America- The Roaring Twenties

Religion

• Scientific developments questioning religion; other theories questioning the existence of God (ie: Big Bang being discussed)
• KKK were reluctant with the change happening; they strongly opposed to the great freedom the Americans were given and didn't approve of prohibition as drinking in certain occassions was traiditional. 
• Many Americans were finding new religions or were straying away from belief in religion altogether.

'The Lost Generation' 

• are the generation that came of age during WW1.
• They are called the 'Lost Generation' because there was great confusion amongst war survivors
• They were also a group of writers and poets who were men and women of this period

Technology and Change

• Mass production of motor cars
• Period of rapid expansion of industries and manufacturing goods and growth in consumer articles
• American cities were prospering and were becoming very wealth with everyone wanting to be rich

Gender

• Women had a new found freedom as they could vote and go to college but they were still expected to fulfill motherhood roles and…